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LIBRARY 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


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me  artemion  01   tjuucatura   is  caneu    tu   me  JLUIIUWIU^  UJ.D- 
tinctive  points : 

1.  Exceedingly  short  lessons. 

2.  The  grouping  of  words  according  to  leading  ideas. 

3.  The  selection  of  common  words  that  can  be  understood 

by  young  children. 

4.  The  division  of  the  book  into  specific  Monthly  and  Yearly 

sections. 

5.  Review  Lessons.  W.  S. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1873,  by 

WILLIAM  SWLNTON, 
In  th«  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


FIRST  YEAR'S   WORK. 
FIRST  MONTH. 

NOTE  TO  TEACHERS. — This  book  is  intended  for  the  use  of 
children  who  have  learned  to  read  from  charts,  or  from  some 
reading  primer. 

1.    NAMES  OP  PLAYTHINGS. 

tops  dolls  mar'bies 

balls  hoops          wag  ons 

kites  carts  pic  tures 

2.    THINGS  WE  EAT. 

bread  fish  but'ter 

beef  cake  pud  ding 

cheese  pies  pas  try 


4  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

3.    THINGS  IN  THE  KITCHEN. 

pan  sink  ta'ble 

tub  disli  ket  tic 

stove  broom  boil  er 

4.    THINGS  ON  THE  TABLE. 

cups  knives  ^        tum'blers, 

plates  x-     forks  sau  cers 

mugs         spoons          nap  kins 

5.    THINGS   WORN. 


hat 

boots 

bon'net 

cap 

shoes 

jack  et 

coat 

dress 

a  pron 

6.    THINGS  AT  HOME. 


chair         clothes         car'pet 
bed  trunk  cup  board 

lamp         clock  clos  et 


FIRST  MONTH'S  WORK.  5 

7.  NAMES  OF  ANIMALS. 

horse  colt  kit'ten 

cow  calf  pup  py 

sheep  lamb  chick  en 

8.  NAMES  OF  ANIMALS. 

dogs  pigs  gos' lings 

cats  hogs  rab  bits 

goats  hens  tur  keys 

9.  THINGS  IN  THE   SCHOOL-ROOM. 

desks         bell  rub'bers 

books         ink  blackboard 

pens  slates         ink-stands 

10.  NAMES   OF  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

Copy  this  Lesson  on  your  Slate. 


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6  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

11.    KINDS  OF  FRUIT. 

peach        -quince          ap'ple 
pear  fig  or  ange 

plum  grape  cur  rant 


12.    PARTS  OF  THE  BODY. 


hands 

feet 

toes 

red 

blue 

green 


legs 

arms 

thumbs 


fin'gers 
knuck  les 
el  bows 


13.    KINDS  OF  COLORS. 

white  or'ange 

black  pur  pie 

brown  yel  low 


14.    GIVEN    NAMES,    COMMONLY    CALLED 
"CHRISTIAN  NAMES." 


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FIRST  MONTH'S  WORK.  7 

15.  PARTS  OP  THE  HEAD. 

eyes  hairy  cheeks 

ears  lips  teeth 

chin  mouth  tongue 

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16.  PARTS  OF  THE  BODY. 

joints         ribs  an'kle 

knees         soles  in  step 

heels          wrists         eye  brows 

17.    MONTHLY  REVIEW. 

bread       wagon  melon 


pies 

pudding 

raisin 

cheese 

bonnet 

daisy 

plates 

saucers 

knuckles 

cloths 

apron 

orange 

tongue 

chicken 

ankles 

shoes 

turkey 

eyebrows 

slates       blackboard    apples 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK. 


1.     SOUND   OF  A  IN  FATE. 

Exercise  in  Pronunciation  and  Oral  Spelling. 


age 

blade 

bathe 


aid 

aim 

pail 


raise 

praise 

maize 


bake 

shake 

snake 

2.  SOUND  OP  A. 

a"'corn 
a  ere 
cham  ber 

3.  SOUND  OP  A. 

paid 

braid 

staid 


an'gel 
dan  ger 
stran  ger 


ma'ple 
sta  Me 
fable 


dai'sy 
rai  ment 
rai  sin 


4.    CHRISTIAN  NAMES. 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK.  9 

5.  SOUND  OP  A. 

break  skein  sleigh 

steak  vein  weigh 

great  rein  neigh 

6.  SOUND  OF  A. 

chase  lace  chain 

vase  race  main 

case  place  brain 

7.     SIMPLE   SENTENCES. 


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10  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

8.     SOUND   OF  A. 


hay 

o  bey' 

ex  plain' 

day 

de  lay 

re  main 

play 

con  vey 

de  tain 

9.    PARTS  OP  THE  BODY. 

neck         nos'trils        back'bone 
nails         eye  lids         shoul  der 
throat      fore  head      stom  ach 

10.    MEASURES. 


pint 

inch 

gallon 

quart 

foot 

bush  el 

peck 

yard 

bar  rel 

11.    TIME. 


Mon'day  Thuvs'day  Sun'day 
Tues  day  Fri  day  week  ly 
Wednes  day  Sat'ur  day  year  ly 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK.  11 

12.    SOUND   OF  A  IN  PAR. 

card  are  gar'ment 

harm  aunt  har  vest 

yarn  art  tar  dy 

13.    SOUND   OF  A. 

balm  daunt  gape 

calm  haunt  laugh 

palm  gaunt  jaunt 

14.    SOUND  OF  A  IN  FALL. 

hall  halt  gauze 

call  malt  squall 

wall  fault  waltz 


15.    SOUND  OF  A. 


au'tumn        hal'ter        gau'dy 
sau  sage        al  ter  law  suit 

naugh  ty       au  thor        wa  ter 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


THIRD  MONTH'S  WORK. 


1.     SOUND   OF  A  IN  FAT. 


gas 
flax 

an'vil 
attic 

hab'it 

ham  mer 

plant 

at  las 

hatch  et 

2.    SOUND   OF  B   IN  ME. 


street 
sweet 
cheese 

ea'gle 
rea  der 
rea  son 

wea'ry 
weak  er 
wea  sel 

3.    dlOME  WORDa 


fa'ther         sis'ter 
moth  er       daugh  ter 
broth  er       un  cle 


aunt 
son 
cous  in 


4.    FARM-WORK. 


plowing   hoe'ing        dig'ging 
sow  ing     mow  ing      hay  ing 
reaping    threshing    chopping 


THIRD   MONTH'S   WORK. 


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5.    SOUND  OF    E. 

grief 
niece 

meal 
mean 

cheap 
heat 

piece 

lean 

reap 

6.    SOUND  OP  E. 

dea'con 

mea'sles 

sea'man 

bea  con 

teach  er 

sea  son 

grea  sy 

preach,  er 

rea  son 

7.    KINDS   OF  TREES. 


oak 
pine 
spruce 

elm 
beech 
birch 

ma'ple 
pop  lar 
hem  lock 

8.    BIRDS. 

duck 

wren 

rob'in 

quail 
hawk 

lark 
thrush 

eagle 
spar  row 

14  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

9.     SOUND   OP   E   IN  MET. 


egg 
peg 

edge 

cellar 
jel  ly 
let  ter 

pep'per 
peb  ble 
ren  net 

10.    SOUND  OF  E. 

breath 
deaf 

spread 
dread 

thread 
bread 

death 

sweat 

tread 

11.     SENTENCES.     WRITTEN  LESSON. 


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THIRD   MONTH'S  WORK. 
12.     SOUND    OF   E. 


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tell 

neck 

ev'er 

well 
bell 

peck 
speck 

never 

sev  er 

13.     SHORT   E. 


sense 

pence 

read'y 

dense 

hence 

stead  y 

fence 

thence 

bed  ding 

14.     SOUND   OF    B. 


ledge 

sledge 

guess 

edge 

wedge 

bless 

hedge 

pledge 

mess 

15.    NUMBER. 


thir'teen  six'teen      nineteen 
four  teen  seven  teen  twenty 
fifteen      eighteen    twenty-one 


16 


SWINTON'S   WORD   PRIMER 


16.    QUARTERLY   REVIEW  FOR  A 
SPELLING-MATCH. 


sweet 

attic 

hoeing 

cheat 

hatchet 

running 

chief 

eagle 

uncle 

field 

weary 

cousin 

niece 

measles 

wagon 

cheap 

teacher 

ankles 

piece 

season 

raisin 

edge 

cellar 

shoulder 

health 

melon 

father 

deaf 

pebble 

sausage 

thread 

never 

water 

tongue 

steady 

bushel 

guess 

ready 

saucer 

friend 

JellJ 

knuckles 

hedge 

pudding 

eye  brows 

FOURTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


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FOURTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


1.     SOUND   OF   I,   AS   IN  PINE. 


light 
night 
tight 

order 
ci  pher 
ri  der 

i'ron 
vital 
si  lent 

2.    SOUND  OP  L 

guide 
quite 
quire 

shy 
why 

tie 

lied 
dried 
tried 

3.    SOUND  OP  I. 

hire 
squire 
mire 

dye 
type 
lye 

li'ar 
nigh  er 
sly  er 

4.    ORDER. 

fourth 

seventh 

tenth 

fifth 
sixth 

eighth 
ninth 

eleventh 
twelfth 

18  *        SWINTON'S   WORD   PRIMER. 


5;    SOUND   OP  I  IN  PIN. 


ill 

quill 

rich'es 

mill 

quick 

ditch  es 

pill 

quit 

switch  es 

6.    SOUND  OP  I. 

squint 

stitch 

din'ner 

quilt 

hitch 

slip  per 

built 

pitch 

dip  per 

7.     WRITTEN   SPELLING-. 

Put  a  Period  at  the  end  of  each  Sentence. 


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8,     SHORT   SOUND   OP  I. 

rich  big  thick 

rich'er         big'ger         thicker 
rich  est        big  gest        thick  est 

9.    KINDS  OP  COLORS. 

(Browns,)  (Browns.)  (Grays.) 

russet          ha'zel       slate 

au  burn        clar  et      pearl-gray 

chest  nut      snuff        steel-gray 

10,    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Copy  on  your  Slate,  and  put  a  Period  at  the  end  of  each  Sen- 
tence. 


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20  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

11.    SOUND  OP  I. 

knit         knit'ting        win'ning 
hit  hit  ting          trim  ming 

spit         spit  ting         whip  ping 

12.    ACTIONS. 

eat'ing  laugh'ing  play'ing 
drink  ing  cry  ing  read  ing 
sleep  ing  work  ing  spell  ing 

13.    WRITTEN  SPELLING. 

Put  a  Period  at  the  end  of  each  Sentence. 


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FOURTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  21 

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14.    ACTIONS. 

seeing       touching      hearing 
look  ing      tast  ing         talk  ing 
feel  ing       smell  ing      walk  ing 

15.    PARTS  OF  A  HOUSE. 

roof         win'dows       cham'ber 
eaves       par  lor  gar  ret 

doors       kitch  en          eel  lar 

16.    MONTHLY  REVIEW. 


light 

cipher 

biggest 

quite 

iron 

kitchen 

tie 

liar 

garret 

type 

hazel 

whipping 

tenth 

ditches 

printer 

fifth 

stitches 

windows 

eighth 

city 

slipper 

eaves 

pretty 

cider 

22  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

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FIFTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

I.    SOUND  OP  LONG  6  IN  NO. 


globe 
bone 

toast 
boast 

mo'tion 
no  tice 

choke 

coast 

no  tion 

2.    SOUND  OP  6. 

load 
goad 
toad 

roast 
boast 
coast 

pork 
porch 
sport 

3.    BR  AND  EST. 

low 

low'er 

low'est 

slow 

slow  er 

slow  est 

old 

old  er 

old  est 

cold 

cold  er 

cold  est 

bold 

bold  er 

bold  est 

droll 

droll  er 

droll  est 

coarse 

coars  er 

coars  est 

hoarse 

hoars  er 

hoars  est 

FIFTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  33 

4.    SOUND  OP  LONG  6. 

floor  droll  stone 

store  knoll  bone 

shore  stroll  vote 

5.     SOUND   OF   6. 

groan  hoax  froze 

moan  coax  nose 

loan  oaks  goes 

6.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Copy  from  the  open  book. 

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SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 
7.    ARTICLES   OP  FOOD. 


pork 
veal 
ham 


mut'ton  chick'en 

beef  steak        tur  key 
ba  con  sau  sage 


8.    ARTICLES  OP  POOD. 


butter        onions        turnips 
biscuit       celery        radishes 
pickles       oysters      cauliflower 


perch 

pout 

trout 


9.    INSECTS. 


bee 
flea 

bee'tle 
hor  net 
spi  der 

moth 
ant 
gnat 

10.    FISH. 


cod 

roach 

eel 


mack'er  el 
pick  er  el 
floun  der 


FIFTH  MONTH'S   WORK.  25 

11.     ER  AND  EST. 


sad 

sad'der 

sad'dest 

glad 
mad 

glad  der 
mad  der 

glad  dest 
mad  dest 

red 

red  der 

red  dest 

hot 

hot  ter 

hot  test 

wet 

wet  ter 

wet  test 

big 
dim 

big  ger 
dim  mer 

big  gest 
dim  mest 

12.     Study  this  Lesson  by  Copying  it  on  your  Slates. 

kick-  -The  horse  kicked  the  dog. 
pick-  -We  picked  the  apples, 
lock — Mother  locked  the  door, 
rock — Maria  rocked  the  cradle, 
stop — Father  stopped  the  wagon, 
pop — Grandma  popped  the  corn, 
pin — Maud  pinned  my  shawl, 
skip — The  girls  skipped  rope. 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

13.     WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

One,  and  more  than  One. 


box 

box'es 

hors'es 

fox 

foxes 

church  es 

dress 

dress  es 

chees  es 

mess 
kiss 
fish 

mess  es 
kiss  es 
fish  es 

peach  es 

glass  es 
•  nos  es 

dish 

dish  es 

faces 

brush 

brush  es 

plac  es 

14.  MONTHLY   REVIEW. 

choke  o  ral  beef  steak 

coast  o  dor  on  ions 

broke  no  tice  floun  der 

though  coars  est  sir  loin 

hoarse  bolt  ed  oys  ters 

sword  vo  ted  mut  ton 

board  load  ed  droll  est 

droll  big  gest  glad  dest 


SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  27 

SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.    SOUND   OP  SHORT   6  IN  NOT. 

block  flock  knock  stock 
clock  lost  knob  mock 
frock  frost  knot  frog 

2.    SOUND   OP  6. 

college  hon'or  squash  es 
knowl  edge  frol  ic  squab  ble 
lion  est  os  trich  squal  id 

3.    A  GRAMMAR  LESSON. 

Changing  y  into  i,  and  adding  es. 


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SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 
4.    SOUND  OF  O. 


ox'en  dot'ted         spot  ted 

odd  est        blot  ted        knot  ted 
of  fer          rot  ten          clot  ted 


5.    PARTS   OP   A  TREE. 


trunk 

boughs 

limbs 


leaves 

wood 

twigs 

bark 

stems 

roots 

6.    A  LESSON   ON  VERBS. 

Present  Time  and  Past  Time. 


do 

did 

say 

said 

go 

went 

bite 

bit 

ride 

rode 

buy 

bought 

am 

was 

catch 

caught 

get 

got 

strike 

struck 

hear 

heard 

teach 

taught 

sleep 

slept 

think 

thought 

tear 

tore 

bring 

brought 

SIXTH  MONTH'S   WORK. 


7.     ADDING   S. 


tur'key   tur'keys   valleys 
mon  key  mon  keys  chim  neys 
don  key   don  keys  jour  neys 


8.     ADDING   ES. 


mot'to    mot'toes     to  ina'toes 
ech  o       ech  oes       mos  qui'toes 
potato  potatoes  buffaloes 


9.     WRITTEN   SENTENCES. 

Adding  es  or  s  to  .Verbs. 


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SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


10.     SILENT   T. 


often 
soft  en 
has  ten 

who 

whose 

whom 


list'en 


bus'tle 


glis  ten         pes  tie 
fast  en          wres  tie 


11.    SOUND   OF  WH. 


which  whis'tle 

what  whit  tie 

where          whis  per 


12.    APOSTROPHE   AND   S. 

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SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  31 

13.    WORDS   ENDING  IN  LB. 


kef  tie 

ap'ple 

dim'ple 

net  tie 

dap  pie 

pim  pie 

cat  tie 

crip  pie 

rum  pie 

rat  tie 

am  pie 

crum  pie 

prat  tie 

tram  pie 

pur  pie 

lit  tie 

sam  pie 

peo  pie 

whit  tie 

tern  pie 

stee  pie 

bot  tie         sim  pie         grap  pie 

14.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Study  this  Lesson  by  Copying  it  on  your  Slate. 

grate — I  saw  my  mother  grate  a  nutmeg. 
gre3.t — The  great  apple  tree  is  in  bloom. 

here — Maggie,  come  lure  to  me. 

hear — William,  do  you  hear  what  I  say  ? 

HO — Olive,  did  you  say,  no  ? 

IniOW — Walter,  do  you  know  your  lesson  ? 

hare — A  hare  can  run  swiftly. 
hair — Frank's  hair  is  dark  brown. 


32  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     SOUND   OF   LONG-  U,   AS   IN  TUBE. 


cube 
tube 
tune 

bu'gle 
mu  sic 
duty 

cubic 
tun  ing 
beau  ty 

2.    SOUND  OP  U. 

cue 
due 

news 
muse 

during 
use  ful 

ewe 

fuse 

iuiey 

3.    LAND  AND  WATER.    WRITTEN. 

sea  o'cean  island 

gulf          riv  er  val  ley 

bay  moun  tain          des  ert 

4.    KINDS  OF  COLORS.     WRITTEN. 

(Orange.)  (Green.)  (Purple.) 

cream       olive  violet 

buff          emerald         lilac 
amber      pea-green      lavender 


SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  33 

5.     SOUND   OP   SHORT   U  IN   TUB. 


buzz 

numb 

love 

cuff 

crumb 

glove 

snuff 

dumb  . 

sponge 

6.    SOUND  OP   U. 


such 

bud'get 

puz'zle 

much 

cud  gel 

rus  set 

touch 

drug  gist 

sud  den 

7.     NAMES    OF   MONTHS.    "WRITTEN. 

1.  Jan'uary  is  the  first  month. 

2.  Feb'ru  a  ry  is  the  second  month. 

3.  A'pril  is  the  fourth  month. 

4.  Au'gust  is  the  eighth  month. 

5.  Sep  temper  is  the  ninth  month. 

6.  Oc  to'ber  is  the  tenth  month. 

7.  No  vem'ber  is  the  eleventh  month. 

8.  De  cemxber  is  the  twefth  month. 


34  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

8.    SHORT  SOUND  OP  U. 

judge  come          couple 

trudge  some  doub  le 

drudge          done  troub  le 

9.    SOUND  OF  U. 

bung          inon'key       moth'er 
sung  on  ion  mon  ey 

tongue        oth  er  Mon  clay 

10.    WORDS   RELATING  TO   SEWING. 

seam  bind  sew 

stitch  baste  mend 

hem  patch  fell 

11.    THINGS  USED  IN  SEWING. 

spool  cord  thimble 

thread          twist  needle 

wax  shears          scissors 


SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  35 

12.     SOUND    OF   U   IN   FULL. 


pull 

could 

book 

full 

should 

foot 

put 

would 

crook 

13.     SOUND   OF   U. 

bullet  butch'er  cuck'oo 
pul  let  wo  man  cush  ion 
bill  rush  pud  ding  put  ting 

14.     WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Stairs — The  cellar  stairs  are  steep. 
gtareS — The  polite  boy  never  stares. 

rOW@d — Reuben  rowed  his  own  boat. 
rode — Richard  rode  a  black  horse. 

Steal — Thou  shalt  not  steal. 
Steel — A  razor. is  made  of  steel 

See — What  did  you  go  to  see? 
Sea — The  ship  was  lost  at  sea. 


36  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

15.    HOUSEWORK. 

frying          kneading       broiling 
stewing       rolling  spicing 

baking         paring  salting 


16.    HOUSEWORK. 


sweeping    washing      scrubbing 
dusting       ironing       scouring 
cleaning      starching    scraping 

17.    MONTHLY  REVIEW. 


blue 

niu  sic 

pul  let 

ewe 

wo  man 

butch  er 

dumb 

jui  cy 

wo  man 

sponge 

beau  ty 

cush  ion 

tongue 

pu  pil 

spi  cing 

pull 

drug  gist 

mon  ey 

could 

coup  le 

scis  sors 

foot 

doub  le 

moun  tain 

EIGHTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  37 

EIGHTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.    SOUND  OF  OU  IN  OUT. 

bounce  noun  pound 

doubt  mouth  round 

count  mouse  south 

2.    SOUND  OP    OU. 

ounce  foun'dry  tow  el 
shout  trou  sers  tow  er 
stout  bound  ed  vow  el 

3.    THINGS  IN  A  GROCERY   STORE. 

flour  nut'megs  crack  ers 
lard  cof  fee  ol  ives 

meal        mus  tard         sug  ar 

4.    FARMING  TOOLS. 

plow        reap'er  har'row 

rake  thresh  er  pitch  fork 
hoe  mow  er  shov  el 


38  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

5.    SOUND  OF  OU. 

owl  pow'er          trow'el 

scowl  bow  er  show  er 
fowl  pow  der  growl  er 

6.     SOUND   OP  OI  IN  BOIL. 

oil  point  noi'sy 

soil  joint  coin  age 

toil  choice  moist  ure 

7.    WORDS   RELATING  TO   "WEATHER. 

raining  storming  sultry 
snowing  blowing  sunny 
hailing  freezing  cloudy 

8.    WORDS   RELATING   TO   TIME. 

to-day          yesterday  midnight 
to-night       afternoon   midday 
to-morrow  forenoon     morning 


EIGHTH  MONTH'S   WORK.  39 
9.    SOUND   OP  A  IN  ASK. 

grass       lass         task  gasp 

class        mass       flask  clasp 

brass       bask       grasp  hasp 


10.     SOUND   OP  A. 


last 

fast 

chaff 

draft 

mast 
past 

cast 
blast 

raft 
craft 

graft 
shaft 

11.     SENTENCES. 

— There  is  no  place  like  home. 
their — Their  books  are  in  my  desk. 

threw — He  threw  stones  through  the  window. 
WOH — He  won  one  marble. 

Weals — The  sick  man  is  very  weak. 
Week — Seven  days  make  a  week. 

— The  peacock  is  a  vain  bird. 
— The  vane  turns  with  the  wind. 


40  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


12.     PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND   OP  A  BEFORE   R,   AS   IN  CARE. 


bare 

scarce 

air 

tear 

dare 

snare 

chair 

wear 

scare 

rare 

stair 

swear 

13.     PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND  OF  E  BEFORE  R,  AS  IN  VERGE. 

verse  bird  earth  were 
herd  girl  heard  serve 
fern  first  search  pert 

14.     SENTENCES. 

SU1H — He  paid  him  a  small  sum. 
SOIXie — Some  boys  and  girls  are  idle. 

time — Time  is  passing  rapidly. 
thyme — Thyme  grows  in  the  garden. 

reins — Hold  the  reins  with  both  hands. 
rains — It  rains  very  hard  to-day. 

Cruel — The  Indians  w^ere  cruel  savages. 
Crewel — I  bought  some  crewel  for  my  wors- 
ted work. 


EIGHTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


41 


15.    PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND  OF  I  BEFORE   R  =  E   IN  VERGE. 


birch  third 

fir  whirl 

shirt  mirth 


cir'cle 
sir  loin 
thirs  tj 


16.    PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND   OP   O   BEFORE   R  =  E !   IN   VERGE. 


work 

worm 

worth 


nour'ish 
flour  ish 
cour  age 


wor'ry 
wor  ship 
word-book 


17.     MONTHLY   REVIEW. 


doubt 

vow  el 

coffee 

shout 

sug  ar 

nut  megs 

brass 

pitch  fork 

shov  el 

chaif 

noi  sy 

freez  ing 

craft 

mid  day 

nour  ish 

scare 

trou  sers 

wors  ted 

chair 

moist  ure 

to-day 

swear 

pray  er 

to-night 

42  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.    ORAL    SPELLING. 

SOUND  OP  O  BEFORE  R,  AS  IN  LORD. 

horse         cor'ner          or'der 
storm        or  chard        bor  der 
corn          hor  net          morn  ing 

2.    PARTS   OP   A   SHIP. 

hull  keel  sails  cab'in 
deck  stem  spars  cable 
masts  stern  helm  rud  der 

3.     WRITTEN   SENTENCES. 

PRESENT,  PAST,   AND  FUTURE  TIME. 

1.  William  walks  fast  to-day. 

2.  Daniel  walked  faster  yesterday. 

3.  I  learn  my  lesson  to-day. 

4.  I  learned  my  spelling  yesterday. 

5.  I  shall  learn  my  lesson  to-morrow. 

6.  You  will  learn  your  Geography  easily. 

7.  I  try  to  learn  Arithmetic  this  term. 

8.  Edwin  tried  to  learn  Grammar  last  year. 


NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  43 

SOUND  OP  U  BEFORE  R  =  E  IN  VERGE. 

turn  bur  *  nurses 

churn  pur  purses 

hurl  spur  curses 

6.  SHORT  SOUND  OP  OO  IN  BOOK. 

cook  shook  wool 

look  brook  soot 

took  foot  hood 

6.    WRITTEN  SPELLING.    OCCUPATIONS. 

ba'ker        farm'er         print'er 
mi  ner         coop  er         doc  tor 
mil  ler        teach  er        butch  er 

7.    TRADES. 

shoemaker  tailor      tanner 
carpenter     saddler  sailor 
milliner        painter    blacksmith 


44 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


8.    ORAL  SPELLING. 


wrap 

wreath 

wren 


write 

wreck 

wrong 


wring 

wrought 

wrench 


9.  ORAL  SPELLING. 


knoll 

snow 

off 

knob 
knot 

though 
dough 

cough 
trough 

10.  ORAL  SPELLING. 


ought 

sought 

bought 


snuff 

rough 

tough 


eight 

weight 

freight 


11.    ORAL    SPELLING. 

SOUND   OF  IE  =  TO  E. 


thief 
chief 
brief 


grief 

lief 

piece 


field 

shield 

wield 


NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  45 

12.  ARTICLES  IN  A  DRY  GOODS  STORE. 

sheeting       flannel        drilling 
damask         velvet        gingham 
poplin  satin  worsted 

13.  ARTICLES  IN  A  SHOEMAKER'S   SHOP. 

wax  pegs         lap'stone 

thread         awls         whet  stone 
brads  last  leath  er 

14.    MONTHLY  REVIEW. 

thief  breadth  knoll      earth    , 

grief  thread  dough    birth 

where  wrought  trough  guide 

pair  wrong  cough    slide 

piece  knob  snuff     tried 

there  gnaw  rough    satin 

one  weight  sought  velvet 

none  freight  ought    leather 


46  SWINTON'S   WORD  PRIMER. 

TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     ONE,  AND   MORE   THAN   ONE. 


watch 

watch'es 

wives 

match 

match  es 

loaves 

face 

fac  es 

leaves 

2.    HUMBEB, 

ditch 

ditch'es 

vers'es 

nurse 

nurs  es 

squash  es 

purse 

purs  es 

fish  es 

3.    NUMBER. 

Change  y  into  I,  and  add 

es. 

sky 

skies 

lil'ies 

fly 

flies 

jel  lies 

city 

cit'ies 

can  dies 

glory 

glo  ries 

la  dies 

pony 

po  nies 

dai  ries 

baby 

ba  bies 

cher  ries 

pan  try 

pan  tries 

ber  ries 

TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  47 

4.     SOUND   OF   O   IN  MOVE. 


tomb 

fruit 

noon 

lose 
prove 

grew 
hoof 

rule 
school 

5.    SOUND  OP  O. 

cool 
pool 
spool 

prune 
soup 
droop 

spruce 
wound 
crew 

3.    GARDEN  VEGETABLES.    WRITTEN. 

peas  lettuce  parsnips 

beans         salad  carrots 

beets          rhubarb         parsley 

7.    WRITTEN  SPELLING. 

thirteenth  seventeenth 

four  teenth  eight  eenth 

fif  teenth  nine  teenth 

six  teenth  twen  ti  eth 


48  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

8.    SOUND   OF  O  IN  MOVE. 


two 
you 
drew 


hoof 
wool 
proof 


true 

grew 

chew 

9.    SOUND  OF  O. 

boom 

whom 

whose 


food 
rude 
shrewd 


prune 
swoon 
bruise 


10.  THINGS  IN  A  DRY  GOODS  STORE. 


hose 

shawls 

gauze 


scarfs 
plaids 
silks 


lin'en 
mus  lin 
tow  els 


11.    THINGS  IN  A  BLACKSMITH'S  SHOP. 

an'vil          ham  mer          sledge 
bel  lows      horse  shoes      nails 
i  ron  bo  rax  steel 


TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.                        49 

YEARLY   REVIEW. 

Lesson  I. 

tongue 

notice 

cities 

knees 

college 

ladies 

wrists 

knowledge 

lettuce 

braid 

honest 

cupboard 

quail 

squabble 

rabbits 

piece 

knotted 

houses 

mean 

echoes 

knuckles 

spruce 

turkeys 

ankles 

dense 

whistle 

saucers 

thence 

juicy 

raisins 

Lesson  II. 

guess 

cushion 

stomach 

wredge 

sugar 

lawsuit 

fifth 

sirloin 

water 

eighth 

gingham 

carriage 

dough 

coffee 

weasel 

toe 

vowel 

cousin 

droll 

orchard 

homestead 

folks 

saddler 

ready 

eel 

leather 

cipher 

perch 

many 

kitchen 

50  SWINTON'S  WQ&D  PRIMER. 

SECOND   YEAR'S   WORK. 
FIRST  MONTH. 

1.    WORDS  RELATING  TO  BOOKS. 

leaves  mar'gin  \         words 


pages 
covers 
paper 

pre  face  -\          chapters  y 
/  ti  tie                 sec  tions 
let  ters             par  a  graphs 

2.    METALS  AND  MINERALS. 

(Metals.)                                  (Minerals.) 

gold 
lead 
tin 
zinc 

iron  *          coal 
silver           slate 
copper^       quartz  . 

mercury       mica 
~/ 

mar'ble 
granite 
Band  stone 
la  va 

/ 

3.    QUALITIES  OF   IRON. 

hard 
tough 
rough 
heavy 

solid  A 
due  tile  / 
fus  i  ble 
opaque7 

malle  a  ble 
tenacious 
e  las  tic 
in  sol;u  ble 

FIRST  MONTH'S  WORK.  51 


4.    THINGS   MADE 

OP  IRON. 

stoves 
knives 

ax'es 
ham  rners 

,  scissors/ 
horseshoes 

spikes  ; 
nails 

f  en  gines 
ket  ties 

/ 
an  chors  .. 

hatch  ets 

5.     THINGS   MADE    OF   GOLD. 

watch'es  earrings  chains 

medals  lockets  studs 

but  tons  buck  les  rings 

bracelets  brooches  pins 

6.     WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

1.  Iron  can  be  melted  by  fire. 

2.  Therefore,  iron  is  fusible. 

3.  Iron  can  be  drawn  into  wire. 

4.  Therefore,  iron  is  ductile. 

5.  Gold  can  be  hammered  into  thin  leaves. 

6.  Therefore,  gold  is  a  malleable  metal. 

7.  Gold  is  the  most  precious  of  metals. 

8.  Iron  is  the  most  useful  of  metals. 


52  SWINTON'S   WORD   PRIMER. 

7.     SHAPES   OP   SOLIDS. 


globe 

glob'ular 

ball 

sphere 

spher  i  cal 

prism 

cube 

cubical 

cyl'in  der 

cone 

con  i  cal 

pyr  a  mid 

8.  SURFACES   AND   LINES. 

cir'cle  straight       ob  lique'  ' 

square  curved         hor  i  zon'tal 

tri'an  gle        crook'ed       par'al  lei 
rect  an  gle      vert  i  cal      perpen  dic' 


9.     QUALITIES    AND   SUBSTANCES.    WRITTEN. 

1.  Iron  and  oak  are  tough. 

2.  Lead  and  gold  are  dense. 

3.  Glue  and  paste  are  stick'y. 

4.  Glass  and  chalk  are  brittle. 

5.  Sponge  and  corral  are  par  ous. 

6.  Slate  and  wood  are  opaque'. 

7.  India  rubber  and  ivory  are  e  las'  tic. 

8.  Iron  and  lead  are  fus'i  Ue. 
9:  Sugar  and  salt  are  sol!u  Ue. 

10,  Air  and  waxter  are  transparent. 


FIRST  MONTH'S   WORK.  53 

10.     ORAL    SPELLING-. 
SOUND   OF   G  HARD,  AS  IN   GIVE. 

ea'ger  bug'gy  gid'dyj 

gew  gaw  dig  ger  gild  in 

dag  ger  rig  ger  gig  gle 

big  ger  get  ting  gim  let-+ 

11.  DOUBLE  CONSONANTS. 


lad'der 
fod  der  4. 
rad  der 

rud'dy 
glim  mer 
skim  mer 

slip'per 
dip  per 
chat  ter 

shud  der 

sum  mer 

pat  ter 

12.  DOUBLE  CONSONANTS. 

er'ror4~  gallon  ,  coffee  i 

ter  ror  mam  mon  ~f""  of  fer  • 

mirror  r  cannon^  letter 

hor  ror  com  mon  bet  ter 

13.    NAMES  OF  GIRLS. 

Caroline,  or  Carrie.  Susan,  or  Susie. 

Eveline,  or  Eva.  Mary,  or  Mollie. 

Abigail,  or  Abbie.  Martha,  or  Mattie. 

Josephine,  or  Josie.  Gertrude,  or  Gertie. 


54  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

14.     ORAL    SPELLING-. 

WORDS  HAVING   G  HARD,  AND   N   SOUNDED 
LIKE   NG. 


an'ger 

bundle 

him  giy 

angry 

dan  gle 

jin  gle 

angle 

fin  ger 

Ion  ger 

an  gler 

hun  ger 

Ion  gest 

15.  WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

spin  spinning  spinier 

rob  rob  bing  rob  ber 

tan  tan  ning  tan  ner 

dig  digging  digger 

16.  WRITTEN  SPELLING. 


plan 
drum 
bid 

planning 
drum  ming 
bid  ding 

plan'ner 
drum  mer 
bid  der 

run 

run  ning 

run  ner 

17.     ABBREVIATIONS. 

A.  M.  forenoon.  Ans.  answer. 

P.  M.  afternoon.  Ibs.  pounds. 

M.  noon.  oz.  ounces. 

E.  K.  railroad.  viz.  namely. 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK. 


55 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK. 


Words  that 

sub  mit' 
admit 
per  mit 
omit     , 
com  mit 
out  wit 
refit 


1.     WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

double  the  last  letter  when  injg  or  ed  is  added. 

sub  mil/ting         sub  minted 

ad  mit  ting 

permitting 

o  mit  ting 

com  mit  ting 


out  wit  ting 
re  fit  ting 


ad  mit  ted 
per  mit  ted 
o  mit  ted 
coin  mit  ted 
out  wit  ted 
re  fit  ted 


2.     WRITTEN  SPELLING. 


pre  fer7 

pre  fer'ring-f- 

pre  fer'red 

de  fer 

de  fer  ring 

de  fer  red 

con  fer 

conferring 

con  fer  red 

re  fer 

re  fer  ring 

re  fer  red 

de  ter 

de  ter  ring 

de  ter  red 

de  mur 

de  mur  ring 

de  mur  red 

3.    THINGS  AT  HOME. 

bed'stead 

nap'kin 

can'dle-stick 

bol  ster 

dust  pan 

coun  ter  pane- 

pil  lows 

fruit  dish 

cov  er  let 

mat  tress 

knife  -tray 

grid  i  ron4 

56  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

4.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Words  that  do  not  double  the  last  letter.     Study  this  Lesson 
by  Writing  it  on  your  Slate. 


differ 

differ  ing 

differed 

offer 

of  fer  ing 

of  fered 

suf  fer 

suf  fer  ing 

suf  fered 

car  pet 

car  pet  ing 

car  pet  ed 

5.    WRITTEN  SPELLING. 

market  mar'ket  ing  mar'ket  ed 

cred  it  -f-  cred  it  ing  cred  it  ed 

cov  et  cov  et  ing  cov  et  ed 

whis  per^L  whis  per  ing  whis  pered 

14.     SENTENCES   TO   BE   WRITTEN. 

CHANGING  THE  AC  'CENT   OF  WORDS. 

1  .  A  min'ute  is  the  sixtieth  part  of  an  hour. 

2.  An  atom  is  a  minute7  particle  of  matter. 

3.  Why  do  you  object7  to  my  project? 

4.  What  object  do  you  have  in  view  ? 

5.  Our  teacher  re  cords7  our  monthly  rec7- 


6.  Pre  fix7  the  pre7fix  fore  to  tell. 

7.  You  were  ab7sent  from  school  yesterday. 

8.  Why  did  you  ab  sent7  yourself  ? 


SECOND  MONTH'S  WORK. 


57 


7.     ORAL   SPELLING. 

Words  in  which  ed  does  not  make  a  separate  syllable. 

stain  stained  >  fished 

clean  cleaned  missed 

groan  groanedx  stamped 


nail 

^ 

whirl 
earn 
learn 
gnaw  +- 


nailed 


8.     ORAL   SPELLING. 

whirled^ 
earned  j^ 
learned 
gnawed  -f~ 


jumped 


fetched 
snatched 
pinched  j 
peeped 


9.     MAXIMS   TO   BE   WRITTEN. 

1.  Practice  makes  perfect. 

2.  Honesty  is  the  best  policy. 

3.  Have  a  place  for  everything. 

4.  Put  everything  in  its  place. 

5.  Lazy  folks  take  the  most  pains. 

6.  Make  the  best  of  a  bad  bargain. 

7.  A  penny  saved  is  a  penny  earned. 

8.  A  stitch  in  time  saves  nine. 

9.  Birds  of  a  feather  flock  together. 
10.  Everybody's    business    is   nobody's 

business. 


58  SVVINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

10.    WORDS   ENDING  IN  LB. 


freckle  x 

muz'zle 

ruffle 

sick  le 
fickle  r 

puzzle 
dazzle 

muffle 
shuffle 

cack  le-f 
tack  le 

strag  gle 
gargle 

baffle 
raffle 

11.     "WORDS 

RELATING  TO 

PLACE. 

here 
there 

upon 
afar 

be  low' 
beneath 

where 
whence~f 

farther  f~ 
near  er 

be  yond 
above 

6.    AN  EASY   GRAMMAR  LESSON. 

Study  tliis  Lesson  by  Copying  it  on  your  Slates. 

1.  Nouns  name  things. 

2.  Pronouns  stand  for  nouns. 

3.  Yerbs  make  statements. 

4.  Adverbs  limit  verbs. 

5.  Adjectives  limit  things. 

6.  Prepositions  link  words. 

7.  Conjunctions  connect  statements. 

8.  Interjections  express  emotion. 


THIRD  MONTH'S  WORK.  59 

THIRD  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     SOUND   OF  A. 

Drop  e  before  ing  or  eel. 

change  changing  changed 

waste  wasting  wast'ed 

paste  past  ing  past  ed 

taste  tasting  tasted 

graze  graz  ing  grazed 

glaze  glazing  glazed 

2.  PRONUNCIATION. 

Be  careful  to  sound  the  e  as  part  of  a  distinct  syllable. 

rev'el  •             hov'el  sor'rel 

lev  el  nov  el  sud  den 

reb  el  vow  el  sul  len 

grav  el  trow  el  mit  ten 

travel  funnel  linen 

model  tunnel  mullen 

3.  PRONUNCIATION. 

Words  in  which  ed  does  not  make  a  distinct  syllable. 

wrhis  per  whiskered  retired7 

thun  der  thun  dered  desired 

fol  low  fol  lowed  displeased 

scat  ter  scat  tered  amused 


60 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


sleeve 
sneak 
seize 
leaf 


4.  SOUND   OF   B. 

de  ceive' 
con  ceive 
eon  ceal 
complete 

5.  SOUND   OF    E. 


sphere 

de  ceit'4 

queer 

de  feat 

sere 

en  treat 

pier 

re  peat 

re'cent 
de  cent 
fe  ver 
drea  ry 


wea  ry 
sea  weed 
dea  con 
neat  ness 


6.    WRITTEN  SENTENCES. 

1.  add — Maria  added  her  figures. 

2.  mend — Louisa  mended  my  jacket. 

3.  braid — Malvina  braided  a  carpet. 

4.  grate — Matilda  grated  a  nutmeg. 

5.  heat — Rebecca  heated  the  water. 

6.  fit — Lucinda  fitted  the  dress. 

7.  chat — Lucre tia  chatted  with  Lottie. 

8.  roast — Lucy  roasted  the  chestnuts. 

9.  tend — Delia  tended  little  Tot. 
10.  feast — Julia  feasted  on  peaches. 


THIRD  MONTH'S  WORK.  61 

7.     ORAL    SPELLING. 
WORDS  HAVING  THE   SOUND   OP  A. 

spacious  a'cre  /  rail  road 

gra  cious  an  cient  f  rai  ment  - 

pa  tient  f-  na  tion  prai  rie  -/- 

dain  ty  pay  ment  pa  tri  ot 


a  wake' 
for  sake 
be  have 
ar  range 


8.     ORAL   SPELLING-. 

de  range7  re  tain/ 

de  tain  ex  plain 

com  plain  f-  ac  quaint  — 


ob  tain 


de  claim 


9.    EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

fore  tell7 — to  tell  beforehand, 
fore  warn — to  warn  beforehand, 
fore  shad'ow — to  shadow  beforehand, 
fore  see — to  see  beforehand, 
foreground — ground  in  front, 
fore'sail — the  sail  in  front, 
forethought — thought  beforehand, 
forelock — lock  in  front, 
fore'deck — forward  part  of  the  deck, 
fore'head — front  part  of  the  head. 


62  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

10.     ORAL  SPELLING-. 
WORDS  HAVING  THE   SOUND   OP  I. 

tried  trifle  widest 

eyed  rifle  miser 

fried  sti  fle  mi  ner 

bride  rider  finer 

spied  spi  der  fi  nest 

dried  wi  der  pri  zes  H 

11.     PRONUNCIATION. 

NOTE. — The  teacher  will  train  pupils  to  pronounce  these 
words  correctly. 

creat'ure  lect'ure  posture 

nature  culture  Scripture 

feat  ure  capt  ure  vent  ure 

fut  ure  moist  ure  /  pict  ure 

12.    EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

en  a'ble — to  make  able, 
en  fee  ble — to  make  feeble, 
en  liv  en — to  make  lively, 
en  no  ble — to  make  noble, 
en  fran  cliise — to  make  free, 
en  rich — to  make  rich. 


THIRD  MONTH'S  WORK.  63 

13.     ORAL    SPELLING-. 
WORDS   HAVING   THE   SOUND   OP   6. 


own 
thrown 
known 
yokes 
spokes . 


coats 
both 
loaf 
soul  • 
pole 


pour  try 
shoulder  y 
soldier  , 
oak  en 
bow  sprit 

14.     ORAL   SPELLING. 

co'coa  -f- 

0  cean 

01  der 
quotient 
quoted 


ar  row 
mar  row 
har  row 
shad  ow 
mead  ow 


yellow 
pil  low 
wil  low 
wid  ow 
shal  low 


15.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 


over  do7 — to  do  too  much, 
over  work — to  work  too  much, 
overrun — to  run  over, 
over  task — to  task  too  much, 
over  act — to  act  too  much, 
overrule — to  rule  above, 
over  eat — to  eat  too  much, 
over  sleep — to  sleep  too  much. 


64 


SWINTON'S   WORD  PEIMER. 


FOURTH  MO  NTH*  &  WORK. 

1.     ORAL    SPELLING. 
"WORDS  HAVING-   THE    SOUND   OP  A  IN   FAR. 


farthest 
hard  est 
larg  est 
part  ner 


laughter 
laundry^- 
jaundice- 
daunt  less  -*- 

2.     ORAL   SPELLING. 


heart'y 
heartless 
heart  felt 
heartsick 


sharpen 

parties 

ci  gar'-H 

var  nish 

part  ridge-f 

afar 

harness  > 

gar  den 

mam  ma  f- 

ar  mies 

gar  ment 

papa 

3.    EXERCISE    IN   DEFINING. 

^  ASV\J& 

bright  en— to  make  bright, 
sharp  en — to  make  sharp, 
cheapen — to  make  cheap, 
deep  en — to  make  deep, 
deaf  en — to  make  deaf, 
glad  den — to  make  glad, 
length  en — to  make  long, 
f- moist  en — to  make  moist, 
soft  en — to  make  soft. 


FOURTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  65 

4.     ORAL   SPELLING. 
WORDS  HAVING  THE    SOUND   OF  £.   IN   FALL. 

al'most  al'tar  /-  falsehood  - 

i 

al  so  lial  ter  talk  ing 

al  ways  fal  ter  walk  ing 

alder  water  awkward    ) 

^T 

5.    SOUND   OF  A. 

caucus  auction  —  sau'cy^ 

fau  cet  f~  au  burn  f-  sau  cer 

haugli  ty  Au  tumn  au  thor  p 

daugh  ter  Au  gust  pau  per 

6.  EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

braz'en — made  of  brass, 
earth  en: — made  of  earth, 
gold  en — made  of  gold, 
wool  en — made  of  wool, 
wooden — made  of  wood. 

7.  EXERCISE   IN   DEFINING. 

^ 

lifeless — without  life, 
blood  less — without  blood, 
doubt  less — without  doubt, 
friend  less — without  friends. 


66  SWINTON'S   WORD  PRIMER. 


8.     ORAL  SPELLING-. 

WORDS   HAVING  THE    SOUND  OP  A  IN   CARS, 


careful 

shar  ing 

bare  ly 

dar  ing 

par  ent 

rare  ly 

par  ing 

stair  way 

square  ly-f 

star  ing  f 

fair  est 

f  air  ly 

9.     PRONUNCIATION. 

WORDS  HAVING-  THE    SOUND   OF  A  IN  FAST. 

lastly  vast'ness  passive  4 

plas  ter  ask  ing  mas  sive 

mas  ter  pass  ing  pas  ture 

mas  tiff -f  pastor  rafter  \ 

10.     SENTENCES   TO  BE   WRITTEN. 

base — He  did  a  base  act. 

bass — Did  you  hear  the  bass  viol  ? 

beat — We  beat  them  in  the  game. 
beet — The  beet  weighed  ten  pounds. 

bow — Can  you  make  a  graceful  bow  ? 
bough— The  bough  is  full  of  fruit. 

course — Of  course  you  thanked  him. 
coarse — His  manners  were  coarse. 


FOURTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

11.    PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND   OF   O   BEFORE   R,  AS   IN   FOR. 


67 


mortar 

hor'net 

horseback 

short  er 

hor  ses 

for  tune 

form  er 

mor  sel  J^ 

fort  night  *f 

warm  er 

orb  it  -/- 

storm  y 

12.     ORAL   SPELLING. 

speak  spoken  bitten 

break  brok  en  driv  en 

choose  chos  en  striv  en 

freeze  —  froz  en  eat  en 

weave  wov  en  fal  len 

steal  stolen  given 

tear  torn  riv  en'V 

wear  worn  swol  len 

13.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

stu'pe  fy — to  make  stupid, 
rec  ti  fy — to  make  right, 
sane  ti  fy — to  make  holy, 
fertilize — to  make  fertile, 
e  qual  ize — to  make  equal. 


68  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

14.     ORAL    SPELLING-. 
WORDS  HAVING  THE   SOUND   OF   I. 

ad  vise'  de  sign7  re  quire' 

re  vise  re  sign ,;  in  quire 

de  spise  re  side  a  right 

sur  prise  re  cite  in  vite 

15.     SOUND   OP  I. 

skill'Mf-  frigid  -  ginger 

will  ful  live  long  pitch  er 

stin  gy  vine  yard  pig  eon 

skit  tish  f  pret  ty  pip  pin 

16.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

ce  les'tial — pertaining  to  the  heavens, 
denial — pertaining  to  the  teeth, 
fin  al — pertaining  to  the  end. 
nav  al — pertaining  to  ships, 
ver  nal — pertaining  to  spring, 
roy  al — pertaining  to  the  king, 
med  i  cal — pertaining  to  medicine, 
bib  li  cal — pertaining  to  the  bible. 


FIFTH   MONTH'S   WORK. 


G9 


good 
bad 


FIFTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     QUALITY-WORDS. 

better  best 

worse  worst 


little  less  least 

much  more  most 

old  older  oldest 


late  later  latest 

nigh  nigher  nighest 

near  nearer  nearest 

high  higher  highest 

tall  taller  tallest 


less 

more 

older 

2.    ADJECTIVES. 

later 

nigher 

nearer 

higher 

taller 

3.     WRITTEN   EXERCISE. 

CHANGING  THE  AC'CENT   OF  WORDS. 


I 

1.  His  con'duct  wTas  very  polite. 

2.  Con  duct'  yourself  properly. 

3.  He  lost  his  way  in  the  des'ert. 

4.  Do  not  de  serif  a  friend. 

5.  Tea  and  coffee  are  im'ports. 

6.  The  United  States  imports'  silk  and 

wine. 


70  SWINTON'S   WORD   PRIMER. 

4.     PRONUNCIATION. 
SOUND   OP  E   BEFORE   R,  AS   IN  VERGE. 


certain 

nerv'ousic 

searching 

ser  vice 

herb  age^ 

earn  est 

per  feet 

earn  ing 

earth  en 

per  son 

learn  ing 

earth  quake-f 

5.     PRONUNCIATION. 

SOUND   OF   U   AFTER   R  =  OO. 

brumal  ra'ral  tru'ant 

fru  gal  plu  ral  ru  mor 

ru  in  tru  ly  ru  ler 

pru  dent  truth  ful  ru  by 

6.    ADJECTIVES   FROM  NAMES. 


—  pertaining  to  France. 
Scotch  —  pertaining  to  Scotland. 
Welch  —  pertaining  to  Wales. 
Irish  —  pertaining  to  Ireland. 
Chinese  —  pertaining  to  China. 
British  —  pertaining  to  Britain. 
English—  pertaining  to  England. 
Roman—pertaining  to  Eome. 
Italian—  pertaining  to  Italy. 


FIFTH  MONTH'S   WORK. 


71 


copper 
hop  per 
up  per 
sup  per 
win  ter 
splin  ter 


7.     PRONUNCIATION. 

Be  careful  to  sound  the  final  r. 

bet'ter 
let  ter 
fet  ter 
gut  ter 
sput  ter 
stutter 

8. 


(or  =  er.) 

hon'or 
hor  ror 
error 
ter  ror 
doc  tor 
par  lor 


spi  ces 
nut  megs 

suipnur- 
bees  wax 

sago 
soda 

sug  ar 
cof  fee 

THINGS   WE   BUY. 

sar  dines7 
4-ben  zine 
-fcam  phene 

pre  serves 

9      EXERCISE    IN   DEFINING. 

*  Swiss — pertaining  to  Switzerland. 
Japanese — pertaining  to  Japan. 
Mexican — pertaining  to  Mexico. 
Peruvian— pertaining  to  Peru. 
Danish — pertaining  to  Denmark. 
Russian— pertaining  to  Eussia. 
Hungarian— pertaining  to  Hungary. 
Norwegian— pertaining  to  Norway. 
Spanish— pertaining  to  Spain. 


72  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

10.    PRONUNCIATION. 

WORDS   PRONOUNCED   IN   ONE    SYI/L ABLE ; 

ED  =  D. 

snowed  clothed  grieved 

rained  weighed-  plagued 

hailed  prayed  praised 

poured  played  seized  / 

11.     THINGS  IN   A   HARDWARE    STORE. 

ax'es  bolts  wrench'es- 

awls  butts  trow  els 

brads  skates  sta  pies 

bits  scythes  pad  locks 

locks  planes  au  gers 

12.     SENTENCES   TO   BE   WRITTEN. 

1.  Two  cups  of  tea  are  too  much. 

2.  Last  week  the  sick  man  was  very  weak. 

3.  He  was  a  weakly  child. 

4.  He  publishes  a  weekly  paper. 

5.  He  wrote  it  before  he  got  it  by  rote. 

6.  Did  you  ever  see  a  yew  tree  ? 

7.  George  ate  eight  cherries. 

8.  Can  you  not  tie  a  hard  knot  ? 


FIFTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  73 

13.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

hitman — relating  to  man. 
lu  nar— relating  to  the  moon, 
oc'u  lar— pertaining  to  the  eye. 
so  lar — pertaining  to  the  sun. 
lit  er  a  ry — pertaining  to  learning, 
mil  i  ta  ry — pertaining  to  soldiers, 
pe  cun'i  a  ry — relating  to  money, 
o  ce  an'ic — relating  to  the  ocean, 
heroic — pertaining  to  a  hero. 

14.    AN  EASY   GRAMMAR   LESSON. 

In  each  case  the  second  is  the  correct  form. 

1.  I  seen  him  when  he  done  it. 

2.  I  saw  him  when  he  did  it. 

1.  Henry  done  his  examples  good. 

2.  Henry  did  his  examples  well. 

1.  /  and  John  and  you  had  went  to  school. 

2.  You  and  John  and  /  had  gone  to  school. 

1.  Me  and  him  have  rode  in  the  cars. 

2.  He  and  I  have  ridden  in  the  cars. 

1.  Who's  there?     It  is  me. 

2.  Who's  there?     It  is /. 


74  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     ORAL   SPELLING-. 

WORDS   HAVING   THE    SOUND   OP   E. 


weather 

health'ful 

heaven 

leath  er 

wealth  y 

leav  en 

feath  er 

weapon 

readyx 

break  fast 

deafen 

stead  y 

meas  lire 

deafness 

manyx 

treas  ure 

jeal  ons 

anyx 

2.     PROPER  NAMES. 

Silas  Joseph  Lewis 

Richard  Stephen  Ezra 

Ira  Matthew  Patrick 

Isaac  Robert  Eufus 

Walter  Enoch  Gilbert 

Jesse  Michael  Oscar 

3.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

sail'or — one  who  sails  on  the  sea. 
farm  er — one  who  farms, 
hat  ter — one  who  makes  hats, 
teach  er — one  who  teaches  pupils, 
team  ster — one  who  drives  a  team, 
min  er — one  who  works  in  a  mine. 


SIXTH  MONTH'S   WORK.  75 

4.  ORAL    SPELLING. 

WORDS   HAVING  THE   SOUND   OP   E. 

for  get'  ex  pect/  pos  sess' 

e  rect  pro  tect  ex  press 

e  lect  fciis  pect  pro  fess 

ef  feet  neg  lect  con  sent 

5.  ORAL    SPELLING. 
SHORT   SOUND    OF   6,   AS   IN   OFF. 

scoff  process  watchers 

watch  prod  uce  wad  ding  N 

what  product  wallet 

wash  prog  ress  wran  der 

6.     SENTENCES. 

peace — Make  peace  by  giving  him  a  piece. 

know — No  one  can  know  him   better 
than  you  do. 

plane — Carpenters  plane  boards, 
plain— Tell  the  plain  truth. 

quire — Give  me  a  quire  of  paper. 
choir — Laura  sings  in  the  choir. 

Wrings — Ellen  wrings  the  clothes. 
rings — The  sexton  rings  the  bell. 


0  SWINTON'S   WORD   PRIMER. 

7.     ORAL   SPELLING-. 

WORDS   HAVING   THE    SOUND   OF   LONG   E, 
AS   IN    MB. 


re  ceive7 

disease7 

sin  cere7 

de  ceive 

dis  please 

complete 

per  ceive  , 

con  ceal 

ex  treme 

con  ceive 

re  peat 

su  preme 

de  ceit 

de  feat 

ei7tlier 

con  ceit 

\ 

ap  pear 

nei  ther 

8.     EI  AND   IE. 

(ei.) 

(ie.) 

(ie.) 

seize 

be  lieve7 

re  lieve 

seized 

be  lieved 

re  lieved 

leisure  \ 

be  liev  er 

relieving 

sei  zure  x 

be  liev  ing 

re  lief 

ceiling  > 

be  lief 

achieve 

9.     WORDS   OFTEN   MISSPELLED. 

al'most 

arm'ful 

brunette7 

spoonful 

fetlock 

ro  sette7  x 

spoon'fuls 

colic 

co  logne7 

cupful 

myrtle 

ca  tarrh7 

cupluls 

custard 

liur  rah7 

fuch'sia 

dahlia 

qua  drille 

SIXTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  77 

10.  ORAL   SPELLING-. 

•WORDS   HAVING  THE    SOUND   OF    SHORT   I, 
AS  IN   PIN. 

biscuit    \        vine'yard  slipped 

bus  i  ness  syn  tax  dipped 

bus  y  syr  inge  x  whipped 

bilious  \          guinea  gripped\ 

\ 

11.  LESSON   IN   DEFINING. 

cemetery — place  of  burial, 
fish  er  y — place  where  fish  are  caught, 
foun  dry — place  where  metals  are  cast, 
laun  dry — place  w^here  clothes  are  washed, 
gran &ry — place  where  grain  is  kept, 
fact  o  ry — place  where  things  are  made, 
bak  er  y — place  where  bread  is  baked, 
arm  ojy — place  where  arms  are  kept. 

12.     ABBREVIATIONS. 

Mr.,  pronounced  Mister.  Co.,  company. 

Mrs.,  pronounced  Missis.  Cts.,  cents. 

II.  S.,  United  States.  Doz.,  dozen. 

N.  A.,  North  America.  Esq.,  Esquire. 

S.  A.,  South  America.  Jr.,  junior. 

N.  Y.,  New  York.  No.,  number. 


78  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

» 
13.     PRONUNCIATION  AND  SPELLING. 

WORDS   HAVING   THE    SOUND   OF   SHORT   U, 
AS   IN   TUB. 


lovely 

oth'er 

ov'en 

gov  ern\ 

moth'er 

slov  en  N 

hover 

broth  er 

com  fort^ 

lover 

cov  er 

com  ing 

plov  erx 

rough  er^ 

come  ly\ 

won  der 

tough  est  x 

com  pass 

14.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

an  i  maFcule — a  little  animal, 
glob'ule — a  little  globe, 
gran  ule — a  little  grain, 
satch  el — a  little  sack, 
lamb  kin — a  little  lamb, 
gosling — a  little  goose, 
dar  ling — a  little  dear, 
hil  lock — a  little  hill. 

15.     SENTENCES   TO   BE   WRITTEN. 

due— One  dollar  is  due  you. 
dew — Dew  falls  on  the  flowers. 

draught— Give  me  a  draught  of  water. . 
draft — Give  me  a  draft  on  the  bank. 


SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  79 

SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

3.     EXERCISE   IN  PRONUNCIATION. 

Be  careful  to  give  the  short  sound  of  t  in  the  first  syllable. 

di  reel/  di  rec'tion  di  vorce 

di  vide  di  vis  ion  ci  gar 

f  i  nance  f  i  nan  cial  di  vine 

di  gest  di  ges  tion  di  vert 

2.    PRONUNCIATION. 

Short  sound  of  &  in  the  last  syllable. 

en'gine  rep'tile  /  native 

hos  tile  tor  toise  \  ac  tive 

fertile  active  agile  - 

ser  vile  due  tile  ag  atex 

3.     WRITTEN  SPELLING. 

root — Take  the  root  and  plant  it. 
route — We  went  by  the  Paris  route.^ 
sale — He  bought  a  sail  boat  at  the  sale. 
seen— I  have  never  seen  a  finer  scene^ 
Sea — Do  you  see  that  ship,  far  out  at  sea? 
SOUl — The  .soufof  man  cannot  die. 
sole — The  shoemaker  put  a  sole  on  my 
shoe. 


SO  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

4.     PRONUNCIATION. 

In  tlie  last  syllable  of  these  words,  C(/j$e  lias  tlie  sound  of 


village 

rav'age 

cottage 

til  lage 

sav  age 

conr  age 

band  age 

cab  bage 

pot  tage 

man  age 

dam  age 

spin  age 

baggage 

coin  age 

car  riage 

Ing  gage 

leak  age 

mar  riage 

5.     ORAL    SPELLING. 

WORDS   HAVING   THE    SOUND   OF   OI   IN   OIL. 

noi'sy  boil'er  toiler 

poi  son  toil  et  broil  er 

j  oin  er  loi  ter  spoil  er 

poin  ter  oil  y  soil  ing 

6.     EXERCISE   IN   DEFINING. 

li'ar — one  who  tells  lies, 
cow  ard — one  who  is  afraid, 
sing  gard — one  who  is  slow, 
stn  dent — one  who  studies, 
oculist — one  who  treats  the  eyes, 
den  tist — one  who  treats  the  teeth, 
fid  dler — one  who  plays  on  a  fiddle. 


SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK,  81 

7.    WORDS   OFTEN  MISSPELLED. 

bur'y  cit'y  granite  man'y 

busy  civil  honest  any 

cab  in  cop  y  hon  ey  met  al 

camel  forest  limit  merit 

8.    EASY  TO  BE   MISSPELLED. 

mon'ey  ov'en  sal'ad  stud'y 

sunny  pity  sallow  very 

never  rapid  scholar  college 

ever  rivet  sever  coming 

9.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

guest — Our  guest  staid  a  week. 
guessed — I  guessed  the  riddle. 
lain — I  had  lain  down  on  the  sofa. 
lane — The  cows  ran  down  the  lane. 
red — Her  cheeks  are  red  as  a  rose. 
read — Blanche  read  her  lesson  well. 

knead — You  need  not  knead  the  dough. 

pare — Can  you  pare  the  pear  with  &pair 

of  scissors? 


82 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 
10.    PROPER  NAMES. 


Martha 

Myra 

Ada 

Emma 

Pauline 

Stella  x 

Clara 

Rachel 

Amy 

Flora 

Rhoda 

Bridget 

Fanny 

Agries  ^ 

Dora 

Mabel 

Florence 

Cora 

11.    ARTICLES   OP  TRADE. 

in'di  go  cot'ton  ani'ber 

o  pi  urn  leath  er  cor  al 

choc  o  late  rose  wood  to  bac'co 

dia  monds  log  wood  ma  hog  a  ny 

12.     ABBREVIATIONS. 


Col.;  Colonel. 

Gen.,  General. 

Maj.,  Major. 

Capt.,  Captain. 

Lieut. ,  Lieutenant. 

Supt.?  Superintendent.     Prof.,  Professor. 

M.D.,  Doctor  of  Physic.  P.S.,  Postscript. 

M.C., Member  Congress.  N.B.3  Take  notice. 


Do.?  ditto,  the  same. 
Etc.  ?  and  so  forth. 
Hon.,  Honorable. 
Rep. ?  Representative. 
Mt.?  Mountain. 


SEVENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  83 

13.     SHORT   A. 

knapsack  an'ec  dote 

sal  mon  cat  a  logue 

grand  ma  av  er  age 

pal  ate  al  co  hoi 

span  iel  al  ge  bra 

asthma  alphabet 

14.     EXERCISE   IN   DEFINING. 

east'ward — in  the  direction  of  the  east. 
heavenward — in  the  direction  of  heaven, 
windward — in  the  direction  from  which 

the  wind  blows, 
leeward — in  the  direction  in  which  the 

wind  blows. 

15.     "WORDS   OFTEN  MISSPELLED. 

1.  Cop'y — do  not  spell  it  cop'py. 

2o  Daily — do  not  spell  it  day'ly. 

3.  Sug'ar — do  not  spell  it  sliug'ar. 

4.  Truly — do  not  spell  it  true'ly. 

5.  Laid — do  not  spell  it  layed. 

6.  Paid — do  not  spell  it  payed. 

7.  Staid — do  not  spell  it  stayed. 

8.  Spec'i  men — do  not  spell  it  spec' a  man. 


84 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


EIGHTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.     PRONUNCIATION   AND   SPELLING. 

gratitude  payable  N 

lat'i  tude  Par  j1  graph 

an  i  mal  par  a  sol 

annual  \  parody 

an  te  lope  >s  mar  i  gold 

attitude  .  mariner 

2.     NAMES. 


Jer  ome' 
EU  gene 
I  sai  all 
Jo  si  ah 

-I            "••      "V. 

FMi'ip 

Rufus 
Her  bert 
Leon  ard 

Ed'mund 

Moses 
Be  riahx 
Ne  he  miah^ 

3.     EXERCISE   IN   DEFINING. 

re  cline/ — to  lean  back ;  to  rest, 
re  deem — to  buy  back ;  to  save, 
re  fleet — to  bend  back ;  to  turn, 
reject — to  throw  back;  to  refuse, 
re'fuge — a  place  to  fly  back  to. 
re  make7 — to  make  again, 
re  fill — to  fill  again, 
re  tain — to  hold  back. 


EIGHTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


85 


4.    EXERCISE   IN  PRONUNCIATION. 

NOTE. — The  teacher  must  train  pupils  in  the  correct  sound 
of  final  a  in  words  like  the  following : — 


so'fa 
ex  tra 
comma 
Cu  ba 


mica 
pica 
flora 
quota 


stan 

manna 

Asia 


5,     ORAL   SPELLING. 

dec7!  mal  ex'cel  lent  4- 

sev  er  al  \  ev  i  dent 

gen  er  ous  neg  li  gent 

gen  u  ine  x  reg  u  lar 

em  i  nentx  flex  i  ble  \ 

elegantx  terrible 


differ 
offer 
suffer 
dag  ger 
dig  ger 
trig  ger 
man  ner 


6.    PRONUNCIATION. 

Be  careful  to  sound  the  final  r. 

rab'ber 

bar'ber 

blub  ber 

har  der 

lub  ber 

ren  der 

tim  ber 

ten  der 

lim  ber 
lum  ber 

gen  der 
slen  der 

num  ber 

cin  der 

\ 

83  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

7.    PRONUNCIATION. 

In  these  words  e  and  o,  in  e?i  or  on,  are  silent. 


bitten 

taken 

reason 

smitten 

waken 

season 

kitten 

shaken 

broken 

gotten 
rotten 
cotton  N 

button 
mutton  s> 
pardon 

spoken 
frozenx 
taken 

8.     PRONUNCIATION. 

WORDS   PRONOUNCED   IN    ONE   SYLLABLE; 
ED  LIKE  T. 


baked 

walked 

scorched^ 

raked 

talked 

parched 

liked 

cracked  x 

latched  \ 

wiped 

shocked  \ 

quenched 

heaped 

thanked 

limped 

leaped 

ranked 

crimped 

9.    EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

in  firm7 — not  firm ;  weak. 

in  flex  i  ble — not  able  to  be  bent ;  stiff. 

in  ac  cu  rate — not  done  with  care. 

ir  reg  u  lar — not  regular. 

in'fant — one  not  speaking ;  a  baby. 


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NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

1.    NAMES   OF   GIRLS. 

Catharine,  or  Kate.  ,         Marion 
Harriet,  or  Hattie.  Estelle, 

Isabella,  or  Belle.  Theresa  - 

Caroline,  orTarrie.  Amanda^ 

/Eleanor,  or  Nellie.  Emily 

Adeline,  or  Addie.  Annette 

/  \ 

2.     EXERCISE   IN  DEFINING. 

ante — ante  date,  to  date  before. 

post — post  date,  to  date  after. 

ad — advert,  to  turn  to. 

a — a  vert,  to  turn  from. 

in— in  gress,  a  going  in. 

e — e  gress,  a  going  out. 

ex — ex  hale,  to  draw  out. 

anti— antipathy,  a  feeling  against. 

gym— sympathy,  a  feeling  with. 

bene— benefactor,  one  who  does  well. 

male— malefactor,  one  who  does  ill. 


SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 


3.    WORDS   SOMEWHAT   ALIKE. 

N.  B. — Read  across  the  page. 


stout 
smell 
want 
world 
work 
wave 


strong 
scent, 
lack 

ro  bust7 
o'dor 
need 

earth 
toil          * 

globe 
la'bor 

billow 

break  er 

4.     WORDS   OF   SIMILAR  MEANING 


be  gin7 
com  mence 

childhood 

likely 
prob  a  ble 

worth 

die 
ex  pile! 

live 

in  fan  cy 

val'ue  x 

ex  1st' 
\ 

fath'er  ly 
pa  tern'al 

freedom 
lib  er  ty 

shun 
a  void7 

5.     NAMES. 


Benjamin 

Frederick 

Oliver 

Timothy 

Theodore 

Ferdinand 


Jonathan 
Phineas 

Ulysses 
Horatio 
Nathaniel 
Jeremiah 


NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  89 

6.     WORDS   SOMEWHAT   ALIKE 

N.  B.  —  Read  across  the  page. 


hur'ry 

hast7en 

quick7en 

do 

per  form7 

ac  com7plish 

change 

va7ry 

a!7ter 

bu7ry 

in  ter7 

en  tomb7 

bear 

$ar7ry 

con  vey^- 

seem 

look 

ap  pear 

7.  WORDS   SOMEWHAT   ALIKE. 

N.  B.  —  Read  across  the  page. 

pair  brace  couple 

aim  view  design7  *i 

an7swer  re  ply7  re  sponse7 

craft  y  cun7ning  art7ful 

quick  active  nimble 

sour  a  cid  ^  tart 

8.  WORDS   SOMEWHAT  ALIKE. 

N.  B.—  Read  across  the  page. 

clothes  dress  garments 

grave  solemn  Y  serious 

flock  herd  drove 

goodbye  adieu  farewell 

modest  bashful  diffident^ 


90                      SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

9.    WORDS  IN  PAIRS. 

join 
unite 

real 
actual  y. 

news 
tidings    / 

question 
query 

speech 
language^ 

whole 
total 

riches 
wealth 

trial 
attempt  x 

sum 
amount 

10.    WORDS   IN  PAIRS. 

haste 

hide 

trouble 

hurry 

conceal 

molest  * 

gift 
present^ 

kind 
sort' 

foretell 
predict  y 

wages 
salary-^ 

hugex 

vast' 

zeal 
ardor 

11.    WORDS   OFTEN  MISSPELLED. 

1.  Very — do  not  spell  it  with  two  rjs. 

2.  Many — do  not  spell  it  menny. 

3.  Any — do  not  spell  it  enny. 

4.  Pity — do  not  spell  it  pitty. 

5.  Grammar — do  not  spell  it  grammer. , 

6.  Every — do  not  spell  it  evry. 

7.  Which — do  not  spell  it  wwh. 


TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK.  91 

TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 

I.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Drop  e  before  inj?  or  ed. 

range  ranging  ranged 

change  chang  ing  changed 

waste  wast  ing  washed 

paste  past  ing  past  ed 

baste  basting  basted 

taste  tast  ing  tast  ed 

graze  graz  ing  graced 

glaze  glaz  ing  glazed 

raise  rais  ing  raised 

please  pleas  ing  pleased 

2.    A  LANGUAGE   LESSON. 

Wrong. — Awtt  you  going  to  school  ? 
Right. — Are  you  not  going  to  school  ? 
Wrong. — He  hadn't  ought  to  do  so. 
Right.— He  ought  not  to  do  so. 
Wrong.— Henry  wwrit  going  a  fishing. 
Right. — Henry  wasn't  going  a  fishing. 
Wrong. — Haiti  t  you   been   learned  to 

speak  good  English  ? 
Right.— Havn't    you  been  taught    to 

speak  good  English? 


92  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

3.    "WRITTEN   SPELLING.— VERBS. 

N.  B. — To  be  read  across  the  page. 

Present  Past.     .  Present  Perfect. 

/  3fr?     /•/  %?    /?       / 

aae<f.  <y(Oe   cwa.  t/iOe   siad  aane. 

a&ne. 
? 

Jtna.  oS/ieip   Jawy..       &/<£ey,   Siave 


./ 
itae.  Qs&eu   ieae.        Q//f^   Slave   <i.taaert. 


e.  Qs/ieu   taw.          Os/ieu  -nave  ta-tn. 

y  ^ 


au.  Qs/ieu   tata.         Q/sieu   Slave    fata. 

/7  /7  /? 

'       jf         S/ 
y   siave  ffawn 


eaatt.  OW  -nad 

S  <7 


4.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

their  —  They  must  earn  their  own  living* 
there—  There  are  no  snakes  there. 
their  —  Their  books  and  slates  were  lost. 
there  —  There  are  many  Chinese  in  San 
Francisco. 

father  —  My  father  taught  me  to  spell. 
farther  —  My  father  lives  in  the  farther 
house. 


TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


5.     DERIVATIVE   "WORDS.— WRITTEN  LESSON. 

DIRECTIONS.— Add  ing  and  ed  to  each  of   the  following 
words.    Double  the  final  letter. 


beg 

dot 

jam 

plan 

blot 

fret 

jar 

rub 

brag 

hem 

lug 

scrub 

chop 

hop 

nod 

shun 

cram 

hum 

pat 

stop 

6.     DOUBLING   THE   FINAL    CONSONANT. 

Add  ing  and  ed  as  above. 


skip 

sob 

strap 

trap 

slap 

squat  \ 

stub 

trip 

slur 

stab 

sup 

trot 

snap 

step 

tag 

twit 

snubx 

X. 

stop 

tap 

whip 

7.     DOUBLING  THE   FINAL   CONSONANT. 

Add  ing  and  ed  as  above. 

ad  mit'  N  e  quip'  v  sub  mit' 

be  gin  for  get  trans  fer>/ 

com  mit  v  re  fer  ac  quit 

con  cur  x  regret  occur  \ 

con  fer  re  fit  re  mit 

de  fer  re  cur  •>  o  mit 


94  SWINTON'S  WORD  PRIMER. 

8.     WRITTEN  LESSON. 

Words  spelled  with  only  one  Middle  Consonant. 


ag'ate 
alum 
atom 

com'et  \ 
clar  et 
clev  er 

damage 
frigate  , 
frol  ic 

bal  ance  . 
bodice  ' 

coral 
cover 

habit 

lim  it 

body 

cred  it 

linen 

9 

.    WRITTEN   SPELLING. 

Only  one  Middle  Consonant. 

med'al 

moral 

sheriff 

melon 

novel 

shad  ow 

metal 
jnal  ice 

mod  est 
min  ute 

pol  ish 
palace 

pal  ate 

pity 

study 
stead  y 
widow 

vis  it 

10.  ABBREVIATED  COLLOQUIAL  EXPRESSIONS. 

1.  Wouldn't  he  go  ?     Didn't  he  come  ? 

2.  Hasn't  he  read  ?  Havn't  they  spelled  ? 

3.  Who'll  go  home  with  me  ?    Can't  you? 

4.  I'll  go  if  he  doesn't  wish  to  go. 

5.  What's  the  matter  ?     Who's  afraid  ? 

6.  Isn't  this  a  pretty  piece  of  work ! 


TENTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


95 


11.     WORDS  HAVING   SILENT   LETTERS. 


heiress 

knowledge 

isthmus 

herb  age 

sleigh  ing 

al  though7 

hon  est 

neigh  bor 

through  out7 

honor 

thor  ough 

straighten 

hour-glass 

shep  herd 

strengthen 

12.    HARD   WORDS. 

acre    > 

car  riage 

be  lieve 

prairie  Y 

mar  riage 

de  ceive 

bar  gain 

Ian  guage 

lei  sure> 

hearken 

sal  mon  y 

inea  sles^ 

asth  ma 
X 

an  tumn  y 

neph  ew 

13.    HARD  WORDS. 

hiccough 

nuisance 

flourish 

myr  tie 

pew  ter 

foreign 

col  umn 

bis  cuit 

li  quor 

for  feit 

break  fast 

lun  cheon 

os  trich 

busi  ness 

plover 

sol  emn 

cam  brie 

quo  tient 

96 


NINTH  MONTH'S  WORK. 


YEARLY   REVIEW. 

Lesson  I. 

preface 

farthest 

business 

buggy 

laughter 

syringe 

wagon 

laundry 

bilious 

granite 

partner 

sloven 

scissors 

falsehood 

oven 

bedstead 

faucet 

agate 

wrenches 

auction 

engine 

pincers 

careful 

cabbage 

nutmegs 

daring 

marriage 

coral 

fairest 

busy 

Lesson  II. 

diamonds 

mastiff 

scholar  , 

gracious 

fortnight 

salad  x 

spacious  v 

skillfulx 

sofa 

prairie^ 

pretty 

comma 

railroad 

pigeon. 

patient 

acre 

truant^ 

quotient 

dainty 

noisy 

meadow 

prizes  \ 

breakfast 

always 

cocoa 

any 

squarely 

ocean 

many 

vineyard 

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